Overview
- Flames broke out shortly before 2 a.m. Monday on The Rock in Bury town centre, sending smoke across the area.
- Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service dispatched four engines from Bury, Whitefield, Heywood and Ramsbottom plus a turntable ladder from Bolton Central.
- The fire involved the fifth and sixth floors, and firefighters in breathing apparatus used hose reels to extinguish it as the roof sustained visible damage.
- The road outside the building remained closed into the afternoon as officers maintained a cordon and crews monitored hotspots.
- An eyewitness reported falling bricks and heavy smoke, and the c.1874 Union Club—listed at Grade II—recently saw a council refusal to expand planned flat conversions.